PUNE: The state government will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Oracle Corporation to develop a comprehensive ecosystem to fund and nurture development in Pimpri Chinchwad, Kalyan Dombivli and Mira Bhayander.

The three cities are not a part of the Smart Cities Mission which includes Pune, but have been selected under Amrut and other Union government schemes to get funds.

Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said, "Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is in the US and has tweeted that he will sign the MoU with Oracle soon."

Waghmare added, "The state government has selected Pimpri Chinchwad for financial assistance for civic development projects under the digital backbone infrastructure scheme. We will get funding for the development projects due to the MoU. with Oracle Corporation. We can lay cables for developing Wi-Fi hotspots and also set up CCTV surveillance cameras across the city."

A unified command centre will be set up to monitor the working of all the projects, he added.

"We do not know the exact amount of funds that we will receive from the state government and Oracle Corporation and expect to get the details in the next few days. Normally, the projects under such initiatives are for a period of five years, which can later be extended upto 20 years," Waghmare said.

The civic body has appointed a consultant to prepare the detailed project report of the projects to be implemented under the digital backbone infrastructure scheme.